(05-05-2012 12:17 PM)Grandgreen Wrote:  A strange topic over a decade later. North Texas was the best team in the Belt that year and proved it on the field. No one seems to get upset when the conference champion gets beat in the basketball tournament and stays at home the rest of the year. Exactly, the same concept, the team playing the best at the end of the year is the conferences' representative. A claim you might find hard to dispute being that NT won 26 straight conference games.

NT and the Belt took a lot of grief over senting a 5-7 team to a bowl but I still find it strange that anyone would think changing the rules in the middle of the game is a better solution. Also who knows for sure that NT wouldn't have still be the representative. If you followed NT footall, you would know that NT sure didn't expend a lot of effort in that non-conference loss to Troy in the last regular season game of the year. Dickey was more concerned with injuries than a 6-6 record, something that would have definitely been different if that game meant a bowl game.

Ancient history, and the Belt did the right thing.

Can I dispute it because UNT didn't win 26 straight conference games? It was actually 22. And the Belt actually sent a 5-6 UNT to the NO Bowl. They lost, and dropped to 5-7.

(05-05-2012 03:06 PM)GoBigRed26 Wrote:  Can I dispute it because UNT didn't win 26 straight conference games? It was actually 22.

It felt like 50.

(05-05-2012 03:06 PM)GoBigRed26 Wrote:  

(05-05-2012 12:17 PM)Grandgreen Wrote:  A strange topic over a decade later. North Texas was the best team in the Belt that year and proved it on the field. No one seems to get upset when the conference champion gets beat in the basketball tournament and stays at home the rest of the year. Exactly, the same concept, the team playing the best at the end of the year is the conferences' representative. A claim you might find hard to dispute being that NT won 26 straight conference games.

NT and the Belt took a lot of grief over senting a 5-7 team to a bowl but I still find it strange that anyone would think changing the rules in the middle of the game is a better solution. Also who knows for sure that NT wouldn't have still be the representative. If you followed NT footall, you would know that NT sure didn't expend a lot of effort in that non-conference loss to Troy in the last regular season game of the year. Dickey was more concerned with injuries than a 6-6 record, something that would have definitely been different if that game meant a bowl game.

Ancient history, and the Belt did the right thing.

Can I dispute it because UNT didn't win 26 straight conference games? It was actually 22. And the Belt actually sent a 5-6 UNT to the NO Bowl. They lost, and dropped to 5-7.

Not very good with counting are you?
2001
MTSU 24-21
ASU 45-13
NMSU 22-20
ULL 42-17
Idaho 50-27

2002
ASU 13-10
ULL 27-0
ULM 41-2
Idaho 10-0
NMSU 38-27
MTSU 30-20

2003
ULL 44-23
Idaho 24-14
Utah St 37-27
MTSU 33-28
ULM 28-26
ASU 58-14
NMSU 13-10

2004
MTSU 30-21
USU 31-23
NMSU 36-26
ULM 46-30
ULL 27-17
Idaho 51-27
ASU 31-7

2005
MTSU 14-7

Yes, NT was 5-6 going to the bowl which changes what? Obviously, if NT had beat Troy they would have been 6-6 than no issue.

(05-05-2012 04:59 PM)Grandgreen Wrote:  

(05-05-2012 03:06 PM)GoBigRed26 Wrote:  

(05-05-2012 12:17 PM)Grandgreen Wrote:  A strange topic over a decade later. North Texas was the best team in the Belt that year and proved it on the field. No one seems to get upset when the conference champion gets beat in the basketball tournament and stays at home the rest of the year. Exactly, the same concept, the team playing the best at the end of the year is the conferences' representative. A claim you might find hard to dispute being that NT won 26 straight conference games.

NT and the Belt took a lot of grief over senting a 5-7 team to a bowl but I still find it strange that anyone would think changing the rules in the middle of the game is a better solution. Also who knows for sure that NT wouldn't have still be the representative. If you followed NT footall, you would know that NT sure didn't expend a lot of effort in that non-conference loss to Troy in the last regular season game of the year. Dickey was more concerned with injuries than a 6-6 record, something that would have definitely been different if that game meant a bowl game.

Ancient history, and the Belt did the right thing.

Can I dispute it because UNT didn't win 26 straight conference games? It was actually 22. And the Belt actually sent a 5-6 UNT to the NO Bowl. They lost, and dropped to 5-7.

Not very good with counting are you?
2001
MTSU 24-21
ASU 45-13
NMSU 22-20
ULL 42-17
Idaho 50-27

2002
ASU 13-10
ULL 27-0
ULM 41-2
Idaho 10-0
NMSU 38-27
MTSU 30-20

2003
ULL 44-23
Idaho 24-14
Utah St 37-27
MTSU 33-28
ULM 28-26
ASU 58-14
NMSU 13-10

2004
MTSU 30-21
USU 31-23
NMSU 36-26
ULM 46-30
ULL 27-17
Idaho 51-27
ASU 31-7

2005
MTSU 14-7

Yes, NT was 5-6 going to the bowl which changes what? Obviously, if NT had beat Troy they would have been 6-6 than no issue.

What it changed was the ncaa rules on bowl eligibility...that's all.

(05-05-2012 03:06 PM)GoBigRed26 Wrote:  Can I dispute it because UNT didn't win 26 straight conference games? It was actually 22.

You can, but you'd be wrong.

North Texas lost their first ever Sun Belt Conference football game on October 6th, 2001. After that, the Mean Green went 26 straight conference games without a loss.

2001 (5) - MTSU, ASU, NMSU, ULL, Idaho
2002 (6) - ASU, ULL, ULM, Idaho, NMSU, MTSU
2003 (7) - ULL, Idaho, Utah State, MTSU, ULM, ASU, MTSU
2004 (7) - MTSU, Utah State, NMSU, ULM, ULL, Idaho, ASU
2005 (1) - MTSU

The streak ended on October 4th, 2005. For 26 consecutive games spanning 1459 days... North Texas won every single conference game.

In the history of SBC football, here are the longest conference winning streaks for each other team:

Troy - 14
ASU - 8
MTSU - 7
ULL - 6
FAU, WKU - 5
FIU, ULM - 4

Only Troy has even gotten within a dozen of the North Texas streak. No other team has even made it 1/3rd of the way there.

(05-05-2012 05:08 PM)trojanbrutha Wrote:  

(05-05-2012 04:59 PM)Grandgreen Wrote:  

(05-05-2012 03:06 PM)GoBigRed26 Wrote:  

(05-05-2012 12:17 PM)Grandgreen Wrote:  A strange topic over a decade later. North Texas was the best team in the Belt that year and proved it on the field. No one seems to get upset when the conference champion gets beat in the basketball tournament and stays at home the rest of the year. Exactly, the same concept, the team playing the best at the end of the year is the conferences' representative. A claim you might find hard to dispute being that NT won 26 straight conference games.

NT and the Belt took a lot of grief over senting a 5-7 team to a bowl but I still find it strange that anyone would think changing the rules in the middle of the game is a better solution. Also who knows for sure that NT wouldn't have still be the representative. If you followed NT footall, you would know that NT sure didn't expend a lot of effort in that non-conference loss to Troy in the last regular season game of the year. Dickey was more concerned with injuries than a 6-6 record, something that would have definitely been different if that game meant a bowl game.

Ancient history, and the Belt did the right thing.

Can I dispute it because UNT didn't win 26 straight conference games? It was actually 22. And the Belt actually sent a 5-6 UNT to the NO Bowl. They lost, and dropped to 5-7.

Not very good with counting are you?
2001
MTSU 24-21
ASU 45-13
NMSU 22-20
ULL 42-17
Idaho 50-27

2002
ASU 13-10
ULL 27-0
ULM 41-2
Idaho 10-0
NMSU 38-27
MTSU 30-20

2003
ULL 44-23
Idaho 24-14
Utah St 37-27
MTSU 33-28
ULM 28-26
ASU 58-14
NMSU 13-10

2004
MTSU 30-21
USU 31-23
NMSU 36-26
ULM 46-30
ULL 27-17
Idaho 51-27
ASU 31-7

2005
MTSU 14-7

Yes, NT was 5-6 going to the bowl which changes what? Obviously, if NT had beat Troy they would have been 6-6 than no issue.

What it changed was the ncaa rules on bowl eligibility...that's all.

No rules have changed as far as I know. NCAA had to grant NT and the Belt a waiver to send a 5-6 team to the NO Bowl which they did because NT earned the right to be there.

I have no idea what any of this has to do with conference realignment.

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I hope the move works out for both your schools and Fans.

I will miss playing you and sincerly hope you kick some arse in CUSA 3.0.

Best of luck and please feel free to keep posting here, I think the majority of us understand your schools are doing what they think is best for your programs and you cant fault anyone for that.


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You know , if the money was shared equally ( will never happen) all these divorces and marriages would not be happening. Rivalries, except for a select few, are gone. Your key to the next levelup is metropolitan area,....sad.